Mr Jawaharlal Senaratne

I qualified as a doctor in 1990 from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo - One of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in Asia. I did my initial postgraduate training in Sri Lanka and obtained MS (Surgery) from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine of the University of Colombo in 1996. Thereafter I came to the UK for postgraduate studies and undertook a period of research at the Nuffield Department of Surgery in the University of Oxford leading to a D.Phil.(Oxon) in 2000. I have undertaken all my Higher Surgical Training in the UK from 2000-2007 and have trained at King's College Hospital London, Guys & St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, Medway & Canterbury Hospitals. I completed my FRCS (Clinical Surgery in General) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1996 prior to starting my Higher Surgical Training and at the end of my Higher Surgical Training I completed the FRCS (General Surgery) with a declared special interest in Vascular Surgery in 2006. I was recognized as a Specialist and obtained my entry to the specialist register of the GMC in October 2007. I have been working as a Vascular & General Surgeon at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital from 2007 and undertake private work at the BMI Chaucer hospital Canterbury, Spencer Wing Margate, & The Canterbury Clinic. I have an excellent track record for Vascular & General Surgery available to view via NHS websites and the National Vascular registry portal available in the public domain. I am an undergraduate as well as a postgraduate trainer and have been nominated for the Silver Scalpel Award. I am an honorary Senior Lecturer for the King's College London. I have been the Royal College of Surgeons Tutor for Surgery at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital since 2012 and run the popular Royal College Sponsored Basic Surgical Skills Course. I am a qualified Educational Supervisor having completed both parts of QESP and undertake both undergraduate & postgraduate educational supervision and was awarded the Educational Supervisor of the Year award in 2018. I undertake Clinical Supervision of whole range of junior doctors and higher surgical trainees. I was the Lead Consultant for Vascular Surgery from 2021-2024 during which time I was tasked with overseeing a merger between East & West Kent Vascular Services which was completed in April 2023. I am the current Training Program Director for Vascular Higher Surgical Trainees for Kent Surrey & Sussex Deanery. I was the joint Audit Lead for Surgical Division from 2014-17 and contributed to many reforms of the Clinical Audit Department including creation of a SCAT (Surgical Clinical Audit Team) and making the process of registration & reporting of projects more efficient. I play cricket & badminton for recreation and enjoy gardening as a leisure activity. I am married and we have one son who is currently postgraduate trainee in Surgery in East midlands.

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